Last minute talks end Norway strike threat
Norway has avoided strike action by unions at three plants serving the country's energy industry after a deal was agreed.
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Safe goes back around the negotiating table on Norway pay talks
Mediation is expected to be held today in a pay dispute with the Norwegian Union of Energy Workers (Safe).
Strike action resumes on Shell’s North Sea platforms
North Sea strike action will resume again today with two three-hour stoppages across seven of Shell’s (LON:RDSB) platform.
Unions to ramp up North Sea strike action
Further strike action is expected on Shell’s North Sea assets.
North Sea strike action: What we know so far
North Sea offshore workers will begin the first strike action in a generation.
Protests to be held as first North Sea strike action in 28 years begins
Protests will be held in support of workers striking for the first time in 28 years’ across seven of Shell’s assets in the North Sea.
Shell gears up for North Sea strike with week-on-week contracts
Oil major Shell is preparing back-up staff in case of the first North Sea strike action in a generation.
Updated: Unite votes yes for North Sea strike action on Shell assets
Unite members have echoed the result of RMT workers by voting in favour of strike action on Shell's North Sea assets.
Nigerian union agrees to suspend strike
A Nigerian union representing oil workers has agreed to suspend a strike which some had feared would lead to fuel shortages and disrupt crude production.
Update: RMT workers vote in support of North Sea strike action
RMT union workers have voted in support of strike action in the North Sea.
Strike action put on hold by Unite after new offer from COTA
North Sea strike action by catering and auxiliary workers has been put on hold by Unite after a new offer from COTA (Caterers Offshore Trade Association). The decision comes after tentative talks were held last week between employers and members of Unite and RMT. A consultative ballot will now run as the new offer is put on the table for union members.
Talks looming between COTA and unions
Talks between unions and COTA (Caterers Offshore Trade Association) will be held today in a bid to reach an agreement over potential strike action. Last month both Unite and RMT members were balloted on whether to take industrial action. Offshore catering and auxiliary workers are in dispute with COTA after it said it would not be honouring the second year of a pay deal worth around 1.3%.
RMT vote swings in support of action short of a strike over COTA dispute
A vote on whether to strike has narrowly been avoided by members of RMT in a dispute over pay with COTA (Caterers Offshore Trade Association). Members of the union did vote in favour of action short of a strike in a separate ballot which closed today. It comes on the same day crunch talks were announced between the body and both Unite and RMT unions in a bid to prevent the first North Sea strike in a generation.
Union votes for strike action in pay dispute
Trade union members from Unite have voted in favour of strike action. The catering and auxillary staff have been in dispute with COTA (Catering Offshore Trade Association) over a pay freeze. The next move will be determined shortly, Unite said, in a short statement.
COTA urges employees to vote on strike action
The Caterers Offshore Trade Association (COTA) has called on employees to turn out and vote in ongoing industrial ballots before they close later this month. Both Unite and RMT unions opened their ballots asking members if they would be prepared to take strike action or action short of a strike after COTA companies decided to freeze pay. Earlier this year COTA had said it wouldn't pay the second year of a two-year deal which would see a 1.3% rise in wages.
BALPA: Pilots’ heads are not in the cockpit, not backing down from strike
The threat of North Sea job losses is clouding the cockpit, according to the latest findings from the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA).